About a month ago, some of my cohort members and I went to go see Frozen 2 at a movie theater in Kigali. I am a big fan of the first Frozen movie, and honestly anything that involves Scandinavia (holla at my Denmark friends and family!). While we were all expecting an awesome movie, I …
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Keeping Tradition Alive
Every year since I was 2 years old, my mom and I have gone to see The Nutcracker ballet around Christmas time. We have seen The Nutcracker more than a dozen times in Colorado and we have seen it in Las Vegas, New York City, Chicago and even Toronto! It truly doesn’t feel like Christmas …
Jubilee Festivities!
This year commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Lutheran Church of Rwanda (LCR), and the jubilee celebrations occurred from October 25th through the 27th. There were many international guests, and the days were filled with joyous music and conversations to celebrate all that the LCR has accomplished, and all that is to come! The jubilee …
Another Year Around the Sun
Well, I did it guys. I made it successfully around the sun one more time! While this wasn’t the first birthday I’ve had away from home, it’s the first I have had outside of the USA, and definitely the first on the African continent! And…it was also the first birthday that was celebrated with a …
Happiness is…
*disclaimer* I wrote this post a little over a week ago, but my wordpress account and I have not been getting along and I couldn’t get anything to post for over a week 😦 so my apologies for that! I will do my best to post more regularly if my internet connection permits it 🙂 …
Finally in Rwanda
Muraho from Rwanda! After spending a little over a week in Chicago for orientation with the other 60+ YAGM volunteers for this year, all of the cohorts dispersed to their respective countries on August 21st. The Rwanda cohort and the Senegal cohort had the joy of being on the same initial flight from Chicago to …
“You are doing WHAT for a year?!”
Hello! If we have not met before, my name is Marie and I was born and raised in Broomfield, Colorado. Some fun facts about me: I went to college at California Lutheran University, one of my favorite places ever is Sky Ranch Lutheran Camp in Colorado, I have been to 18 countries (my favorite of …
Roaming Rwanda 